37116 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 131 /Thursday, July 9, 1998 / Notices

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

would change Agreement provisions

related to CY and CFS facilities as well

as to the Agreement’s voting provisions.

It would also delete the neutral body

policing provisions and modify the

independent action provisions of the

Agreement.

Agreement No.: 202–011259–015.

Title: United States/Southern Africa

Conference.

Parties:

Lykes Lines Limited, LLC

Mediterranean Shipping Company

S.A.

Safbank Line, Ltd.

Wilhelmsen Lines A/S

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

adds language to specify the amount of

time in which conference members have

to vote on a telephone poll.

Agreement No.: 224–201055.

Title: Puerto Rico Ports Authority Pier

A Lease Agreement.

Parties:

The Puerto Rico Ports Authority

Pan American Grain Mfg. Co., Inc.

Synopsis: The proposed agreement

provides the lessee a long term lease of

a warehouse on Pier A, a second right

of preferential use of the berthing and

platform area of that pier, as well as of

an area adjacent to the warehouse,

second only to the rights of the Puerto

Rico Electric Power Authority. The term

of the agreement runs through June 30,

2003, with the possibility of two 5-year

extensions.

Dated: July 6, 1998.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18227 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Fam Cargo International Company, Inc., 7392

NW 35th Terrace, Miami, FL 33152,

Officer: Harold Garay, President

Boss Shipping, Inc., 8491 N.W. 17 Street,

Unit 109, Miami, FL 33126, Officers: Sigrid

Boldt, President, Maria Alicia Campos,

Secretary.

Dated: July 6, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18248 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than July 24,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. John Soldoveri, Totowa, New

Jersey; to acquire additional voting

shares of Greater Community Bancorp,

Totowa, New Jersey, and thereby

indirectly acquire additional voting

shares of Great Falls Bank, Totowa, New

Jersey, and Bergen Commercial Bank,

Paramus, New Jersey.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager

of Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. Peter F. Stanton, Spokane,

Washington; to acquire additional

voting shares of W.T.B. Financial

Corporation, Spokane, Washington, and

thereby indirectly acquire Washington

Trust Bank, Spokane, Washington.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 6, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–18283 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than August 3, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. Piraeus Bank, S.A., Athens, Greece;

to become a bank holding company by

acquiring 56 percent of the voting shares

of Marathon Banking Corporation,

Astoria, New York, and thereby

indirectly acquire Marathon National

Bank of New York, Astoria, New York.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Area Bancshares Corporation,

Owensboro, Kentucky; to acquire 25

percent of the voting shares of

Broadway Bank and Trust, Paducah,

Kentucky.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. First Pecos Bancshares, Inc.,

Midland, Texas; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of First Alpine, Inc.,